First Congregational Church of Braintree
United Church of Christ
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(781) 843-3616
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12 Elm Street, Braintree, MA 02184
Office Hours Tue - Fri 9am - 2pm
The office is closed on Mondays
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The First Congregational Church of Braintree is an Open & Affirming Congregation working in partnership with all churches of the United Church of Christ. We welcome all God’s children into Christian faith regardless of sexual orientation, gender identity, or gender expression, political stance or theological perspective, national origin, mental health status, physical and cognitive abilities, and the many diverse forms of family configurations. We proclaim and affirm that full and equal participation in the life and leadership of our church is open to all. We seek to continue learning and growing together as the inclusive Body of Christ. We are committed to spreading the light and love of Christ into the world through worship and service.
Whoever you are and wherever you are on life’s journey, you are welcome here.
Sunday, November 15, 2026
Twenty-Fifth Sunday after Pentecost
Worship @ 9:30 am
In the Sanctuary
and Streaming Live on YouTube
Exodus 25 and 40 (abridged)
Rev. Karen E. Gale preaching
"The Dwelling"
The people of Israel received the Ten Commandments, so knew how to live together faithfully with God and one another. After the Golden Calf disaster, they wanted to know how to worship. God directed Moses to build a Dwelling or Tent of Meeting with offerings given by the people. When completed it was beautiful and mobile. The Dwelling was taken down and put back up as the people traveled through the wilderness. God's presence, visible in fire and smoke, dwelt in the Tent. When God's presence lifted from the tent, the people knew to set out again. Their sanctuary was one they took with them all the way into the Promised Land and it remained mobile for hundreds of years until Solomon's reign. Our ancestor's faith life, their worship, their relationship with God was always on the move. How is our faith, our worship and our relationship with God defined by our worship space? What would it mean for us to be on the move with God?
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First Congregational Church of Braintree is a member of the United Church of Christ. Drawn together by the Holy Spirit, UCC members are a distinct and diverse community of Christians that come together as one church, joining faith and action.
